I know, I know, I totally suck at the whole replying thing, and I am a lame friend and you should all remove me from your flists because I'm so horrible. Sorry. LOL XDDDDD

HOWEVER. I do have something that made me LOL, and hopefully will make you guys LOL too :D

A Pretty Typical Conversation Between Rotae and her Cousin, Bec:

Bec: *submits this photo to deviantART*

Rotae: You look like that dude with the mouth in Return of the King, LOL XDDDDD /vague

Bec: wait wait , i think i actually know what you mean !!! lol like that ork thing or whatever it is , and hes all like I HAS SCUMMY MOUTH OF DEATH

Rotae: YEAH! He's all, 'OMG YOU GUYS SUCK GO AWAY I AM THE MOUTH OF MORDOR' or whatever, and then Aragorn turns into Braveheart on his horse.

Bec: yeah i totally know who you're talking about , hes all icky and dirty , infact hes just a dirty dirty boy who should be spanked by aragoron >.>
yeah
thinking too much into it arent i ???

Rotae: He's like, the mouth of Mordor. The slash is totally implied.

LOLOLOL. I was JUST SAYING yesterday how I needed to watch LotR again. Huh. Weird. I usually watch them when I clean because you get HEAAAAAPS of DVD time without having to change the disks, LOL *has the extended versions* :D

And buttfacemakani was interviewed live on dA chat today and IT WAS SO FUNNY HOMGGGGG. I had so much fun! AND. I THINK I've managed to talk her into doing the reread of the HP books with me *IS LATE* AND. HOPEFULLY we're going to draw something from each chapter :3 I read chapter one today and drew Vernon Dursley being all oblivious to the owls outside his window, LOL. Vernon is SOOOO funny in that first chapter XDDDD

Wow. I went a whole update without talking about Tom Felton's Twitter! ... damn. Oh well, as I brought it up - he said yesterday that America should have a cricket team, LOL XDDDD "it would help international relationships flourish!why are our sports so different?love the u.s" - to which I said: but then you get the whole, "OMG WHO WON THE ASHES?!" and it'll be Australia... so that'll do nothing for UK/US relations ;) x

HAHA. SNAP.

But then I blogged about food, so clearly Tom is winning this war that he's not even aware of. He is so stealthy. Like ice cream. Oh yes XDDDD

RIGHT. Night all!

Peace,
Rotae

DRIVE BY UPDATE:

TomFelton: i have a guilty pleasure...baths...and...wait for it....bath bombs from lush :) i shouldn't really admit that? lol its fun when the fizz!

... guys... seriously... I want one. Like, now. He spent this morning watching cricket in bed. This man is clearly my soul mate. Lots of food, baths, time in bed (WATCHING CRICKET, OBVIOUSLY >.>), laughter, cups of tea... SIGH.

TomFelton: Some guy just jumped out the car behind me at the traffic lights asking me for an autograph,I thought I was getting car jacked!paranoid!lol

This amused me FAAAAARRRRR too much this morning. Seriously, I was laughing a lot harder than was appropriate. Ask buttfacemakani, I was retelling it to her in much the same manner XDDDD

I need to stop doing this. It's not interesting or relevant to anyone but me XDDDDD Sorry to clutter your flist XD I'll probably start making private posts about it, LOL. *hugs*

You Are a Jester

You are a natural entertainer. You can get a laugh from the toughest of crowds. You make friends very easily. You tend to know a lot of popular, rich, and powerful people. You are also good at playing politics. You know how to get along with many factions without upsetting anyone. In modern times, you would make a good actor or world leader.

I like how "actor" and "world leader" are apparently interchangeable, LOL.

HURRAY UP AND DOWNLOAD, CLONE WARS >:||||||||||

Peace,
Rotae

Both the upper and lower house of parliament were suspended today and replaced with statements of sympathy and thoughts of Victorian victims of the fires. Julia Gillard (deputy leader) was on the verge of tears as she delivered hers today. Malcolm Turnbull (leader of the Opposition) said that the response of the government will be "Whatever it takes". Kevin07 was in Victoria assuring residents that the government will do all it can to assist them.

There're stories of people going to assist others in saving their homes, only to have theirs destroyed. The death toll is up to 130 with 200 expected by the end of the week.

The Red Cross put out an appeal yesterday for all donations of money above $5 and as of 9:30pm tonight, $10.4 million had been raised. They're also inundated with donations of food, clothing and daily needs goods. There will be ongoing appeals throughout the One Day Match against New Zealand, and the Australian cricket team is donating their match payments to the appeal.

It really just goes to show you how amazing Australian people can be.

donate to
the victorian
bushfire appeal

I donated $50 this afternoon on the Red Cross' website, and I can assure you that it's quick, painless and a worthwhile thing to do.

For information on how you can help, go to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal on the Red Cross' Website. You can donate via phone on 1800 811 700, or on their secure online donations form here (international donations are accepted and they're all tax deductible).

The Department of Human Services is coordinating donations of billeting/housing and accommodation. Call the Department on 03 9096 0000 or 1300 650 172 within Victoria if you can help.

Here's the coding I made if you wish to put it in your own journals:
<a href="http://www.redcross.org.au/vic/services_emergencyservices_victorian-bushfires-appeal-2009.htm"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Rotae/redCross_logo.gif"> <ul><ul><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 30px; line-height: 25px; letter-spacing: -1px;">donate to the victorian <font color="#FF0000">bushfire appeal</font></a></font></ul></ul>

<33333333333 *hugs*

Peace,
Rotae

FAIL, AUSTRALIA, FAIL.

NOW COME ON, ROGER!!!

Bugger it all to hell. LOL. THIS IS WHY I SHOULDN'T WATCH SPORT XDDDDDD

AWWWWWWWWWW!! The Australian crowd made him cry from their love <3333333333333333 WE LOVE YOU, ROGER!! :333

Peace,
Rotae

Oh man. buttfacemakani has got me addicted to WoW again *headdesks* LOLOLOL. I was meant to be the one getting HER addicted, but she did it to me as well, LOLOL. We've been WoWing for like three days in a row or something, LOLOL. And we make an awesome team :D We even created two characters and are identical for the LULZ XDDDD

AND SEE? WE CALLED THEM NYMPHADORER AND NARCISSER LOLOLOL. WE SO WIN AT LIFE RIGHT THERE XDDDDD


She's a Warlock and I'm a Mage :D ISN'T MY STAFF EPIC?!?!!? XDDDDD
( Clickeh for 2 lol-worthy piccies :D )

I also did a quick drawing my Rogue character, Jeune. Of course her armour is out of date now because you go through armour fast on WoW and I've played her ONCE since drawing her XDDDD



Jo and I went and saw Slumdog Millionaire tonight, which was very enjoyable :D I knew four of the answers to the questions though, LOLOL XDDDDD One I knew through Venture Bros., and another through Supernatural ^^; One was literature and the last one I knew from my love of Cricket :D

( Slight spoiler for the cricket question )

Anyway, great music, and a good film, but The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was better. I find Danny Boyle to be an overrated director if I'm perfectly honest. The only film I've LOVED of his was Trainspotting. Even my Ewan love couldn't save Shallow Grave from being strange and not very entertaining, LOL. Admittedly I haven't seen either of the 28 Days/Weeks films, so eh.

Did anyone else do a double take when they saw Christian Coulson was a Producer? LOLOL. Not the same guy unfortunately, but LOL @ me anyway XDDD

I went around to Tom, Erika and Brodie's yesterday for a BBQ/Art jam, and took a flying leap in drawing with coloured markers :3 So here's my little go at Teddy with them (it's not very good but eh, it was my first time XD)


AAAAAAAAAAAAND. That's all for today, I think. Long update is long!!

Oh, and I seem to have lost all my friends on WoW, so tell me your character's name/server :D *HUGGLES*

Peace,
Rotae

Hmmmmmmm. Okay. I think Christmas has finally stopped. LOLOL.

We had Christmas day on the 27th and it's been all go for the past three days XDDDDD Both IRL and online!

First, I'd like to thank dustthouart, cambryn (x2!), coldwriter, heartstrings and tolightacandle for being my dancing partners at the Yule ball!! I had a wonderful time, so thank you very much :D (especially after buttfacemakani STOOD ME UP!! D:< LOLOLOL XDDDDD

I entered 10 out of the 12. Ironically I didn't do the fan art, LOL. I just didn't have enough time by the end of writing essays and ficlets and I can't seem to draw today anyway :(

Okay, so, for those who asked; why we celebrate Christmas on the 27th of December:

Basically, you know how your relatives have the OTHER side of their family (sometimes that far away from YOU)? Well basically, what we say is don't worry about "whose house are we going to this year?!" - go to your other side of your family for the 25th, travel to us on the 26th, and we'll celebrate on the 27th! :D

This also has the advantage of Boxing Day sales the day BEFORE Christmas, and by the time you actually HAVE Christmas, everything is open on the day if you forget anything! It also means that the 25th is THE QUIETEST DAY EVER. It's so awesome. I spent it cooking and doing Sudokus with Dad and watching Rumpole of the Bailey with Mum before we had cauliflower curry for dinner and watched The Vicar of Dibley, LOLOL. AWESOME :D

I received lots of wonderful things from my family and friends, and I also GAVE some seriously awesome presents even if I do say so myself, LOL XDDDD I'll go into that later :D

Have some photos while you wait!! Ever wondered what Christmas in summer looks like?


These are the cherry trees in our backyard :D
( Then here you go! )

Phew! So yeah. Basically it's that, a lot of fruit (especially cherries, strawberries, watermelon and nectarines) and chocolates, watching the Boxing Day test (27th, remember? LOL) and lots of merriment and awesome :D

AND FINALLY TONIGHT (wow, long update, LOL)... some Avatar arts!! :D


(LOL, you can see where I went, "UGH STUPID HAND WHICH WAY DO I WANT YOU TO FACE ASD;LFJ;ADF;ALDJF;ALKSDF?!" LOLOL)
YAY MOAR SKETCHIES :D

So this is Ty Lee from Avatar: The Last Airbender :D I wanted to do something acrobatic, so she's pretty perfect XDDDD

It's not perfect because, again, no references, but I'm pretty happy with it overall! It was definitely outside my comfort zone, so I think I'm getting better! :D

OKAY. BED NOW. I have to get up early tomorrow so 6kittykat6 and I can go and see two movies!! LOL XDDDDD YAY TIGHT-ARSED TUESDAYS :D

If you read all that... you get an internet cookie XDDDD

Peace,
Rotae

Just so you know, ENGLAND WON!! 4:3 YAYYYYYYYYY!! :D

More coverage to come, but basically, all I want to say is...

MY GOD THAT BOY CAN RUN!! :O I mean, srsly. Wow. LOL XDDD And he did absolutely give it his all. I was so proud! *wipes tear* XDDD

Watch it to see Tom take an AWESOME slide! :D


(They traded shirts at the end of the match, Tom got Brian Lara's (an AWESOME cricketer))
Like I said, more to come later :D

Peace,
Rotae

Okay, I'm about to go and have a M*A*S*Hathon with my friend, Racheal, but I just HAD to post this absolute GEM of a picture from ITV.com:


Harry Potter actor Tom was in danger of getting out his wand for all and sundry as he braved the freezing cold muscle bath. Simply wizard!
LOOK AT THAT EXPRESSION!!! AHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *falls off chair laughing* XDDDDDD

And that TAN! MY GOD. He's not a pale pasty English boy now, is he? XDDD

*looks at picture*

*hysterical laughter*

There is so some schadenfreude going on here XDDDD *see mood picture* LOLOL XDDD

He also had a little interview (YouTubeing it):

I'm definitely a fish out of water, it's not my element at all. I do feel a little bit out of place, and I, er, am a bit under prepared for such an event, but I'm going to give it my all. And I look forward to training.

DAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. He's such a Puff ;) XDDDD

EDIT: LOL. I showed it to my Mum. I said, "Do you want to see the funniest picture you'll see all year?" She said, "Yes". I advised her to put down her tea.

She looked.

Spluttered, laughed and then asked, "Why're the DOING that to him?!" in a very shocked/horrified/amused way LOLOLOL XDDD Ahh, sport. You do amuse.

Peace,
Rotae

I THINK I JUST DIED AND WENT TO EFFING HEAVEN RIGHT NOW:

Again from DigitalSpy via tomfelton_daily

Harry Potter star Tom Felton has revealed that he would be happy to appear nude on stage or screen.

The actor, 20, who plays Draco Malfoy, said he would follow in Daniel Radcliffe's footsteps and strip off if there is some "artistic merit" in the role.

"I would [get naked]" Felton told DS. "If getting my k**b out came with some artistic merit and the role required it, I'd do it."

He added: "But, I'm certainly not actively looking for a part where I have to bare all!"

Felton plays for the England team at Sunday's UNICEF Soccer Aid match, which airs at 6pm on ITV.

When asked about his footballing credentials, he joked: "Absolutely sod all! About a decade ago, I headlined for the B squad of my village team, but that unfortunately is it."

"'Roped in' is the terminology. My girlfriend was very keen because her brother and dad would kill for the opportunity to play at Wembley.

"It's also for UNICEF. If it wasn't for charity, I would run a mile."

OMFGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.................

*THUD*

ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

YAY!! GOOD STUFF, IT ARE A HAPPENING!! :D The powers that be saw that life was sucky due to WB and threw some good things my way! YAY!! :D LOLOL. Yay powers :3

1. Look at my awesome icon. Isn't it awesome in its awesomeness? XDDDD L-R, germanslut_83, buttfacemakani and rotae at NASA in Houston. I finally bought my parents a scanner that actually, you know, TURNS ON, so I scanned stuff :3 Oh, and I own a shirt that says on the front; "NASA: Rocket Science" and on the back says, "IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. (oh wait, yes it is...)" XDDDDDD LOLOL. I R KEWL.

2. I CAME FIRST IN AN H_E FAN ART CONTEST!!!!!! [Kermit]YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!![/Kermit] LOLOL. I was going to clean it up a bit, but this was my entry:

You Know Your Character's Names Suck When...

Albus Severus and Scorpius Hyperion Laugh At Your Name. LOLOL ^^;

SO CHA. Chuffed about that :D I'll probably do a better version later this week. I already have to draw mostly naked Ritchie (for his birthday) and do my HP Art Project thingy XD

3. TOM FELTON IS ALL OVAH THE FRIGGEN PLACE. LOLOL. I think he's finally decided that he actually IS going to act for a living for a while, haha, and he's putting those Hufflepuff skillz to work :D YES. I CLAIM HIM AS A PUFF. IT'S SO CANON. OH YES. XDDDDD There's that interview with the director of "The Disappeared" who basically gushes about him for three pages, LOLOL:

"As we had three hours to shoot, Tom did his lines continuously, no errors - it was fantastic. There’s a true professional for you!"

"I thought that Tom’s acting was exceptional - otherwise I wouldn’t have cast him, Malfoy or not. There were quite a few demanding scenes and Tom delivered each and every time. That’s why I will work with him again and we have also become good friends now."

He is also going to be playing football next month for SoccerAid (which raises money for UNICEF), so I get to see him running around in a white kit doing that :3333333 >.> SO NOT EXCITED. AT ALL. >.> XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

( Click for the answer to why he started posting music on YouTube )

4. I FINALLY got around to having a pretty mood theme!! I got one from whoresque, so now I have a shiny new Avatar mood theme :3 IZ SO AWSUM.

5. I'm throwing a BBQ with my BFF on Sunday!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! LOLOL. We've got 8 people coming (6kittykat6 couldn't make it though, BOO D:), and it's kind of gourmetish for a barbecue XDDDD Let's hope the weather holds out!! D: LOL. jhuneycutt and racheal_67 are both coming up from Hobart for it!! YAY!!! And Josh is bringing my mail!! YAY!! EXCITED!! :D XDDD

6. I'm very happy with my initial draft for the hp_art_project!! :D It looks a little something like this so far:

Chapter 15

(L-R: Hermione, Harry, Draco, Neville)
Neville took a ridiculous amount of time to get right. I think it was the idea of him being blond that threw me XDDDD But I'm generally happy with it! Draco's bitching about having to go into the forest, or something >.> LOLOL XDDDD And Hermione totally has my teeth ^^; Srsly. I looked in a mirror and everything XDDDD Hermione looks angry/confused, Harry looks HIGHLY unimpressed, Draco looks like a pissed off Pope, and Neville looks like a nervous Fat Friar Monk. So, all in all, quite happy :D XDDDDD

7. I got shortlisted over at the Fanging It competition for the ABC!! :D We had to do a 90-120 second film about going on a trip somewhere by yourself, so I went up to Cradle Mountain for a day. The final 5 got to go to Melbourne and get narrowed down to 2 who would go on a trip in a van for two weeks and then host the show about it. I didn't get through to the final 5, but I did get an e-mail saying that I HAD been shortlisted, so that was nice! :D

8. I submitted a graph to GraphJam and people seem to like it! :D It doesn't have enough votes to get on the front page, but people think it's cool, so that's good :D Here you go:

( Clickie for Graphie! )

9. I have converted my BFF and 6kittykat6 into Avatards within the space of a week! YAY!! Cept Mel got me into Dexter too, so I suppose that's 1-1 then? XDDDDD

10. I bought THIS BOOK with the Gift Vouchers I got for Angus and Robertson for my birthday. HOW HAVE I LIVED WITHOUT IT?!?!?!?!!?! I LUFFS THE PRECIOUS!!

PHEW. I think that's all I can think of atm. LOLOL XDDDDD

I R ACCOMPLISHED LIKE AANG. (I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE JUST AS IMPRESSED AS KATARA WAS) XDDDD Hope you guys a well!!

Peace,
Rotae

*appropriate icon is appropriate* XDD

DUDE. So, I've been given The Forbidden Forest (Chapter 15 PS/SS) as my chapter for the HP Art Project, and I was just double checking heights and looks and stuff of Harry, Hermione, Draco and Neville, because that's who I'm drawing... and...

Did anyone realise that JKR said Neville is BLOND?!!

Ms. ROWLING: [...] Now, to me, Neville's short and plump and blond, but that's what's great about books. You know, she's just seeing something different. People bring their own imagination to it. They have to collaborate with the author on creating the world.

0.o WHUT?!

I HAVE BEEN SO BRAINWASHED BY THOSE MOVIES, MAN. LOLOL. I was SO SURE he was canon brunette. Srsly.

Oh and I was watching some M*A*S*H* the other day, and Colonel Potter (no less! LOL) said, "SILENCIO!!!" at one point!!!!!!!!! OMFGGGGGGG GEEK OVERLOAD XDDDDD

I swear these Chinese gymnasts are four years old, man, srsly. LOLOL.

Peace,
Rotae

*appropriate subject is appropriate* XDDDD

Thoughts about the Opening Ceremony 2008:

PREEEEEEEEEEEETY LIGHTING... :O WOW!

( Apparently I have to cut for spoilers, LOLOL. Silly US broadcasting! )

Why do all the western countries look like they're all airline stewards? Srsly. SO UNORIGINAL. And then you get all the African countries looking FABULOUS and it makes me want our flag bearer to come out in Aboriginal get-up. LOLOL.

WHY DO WE HAVE TO WAIT SO LONG FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM?!?! We're THIRD LAST. Sort your freaking alphabet out, China. It starts with an A. LOLOL XDDDDDDDDD

Yay for Iraq getting a big round of applause :D

OH. And watching the news tonight, with Kevin07 going around China and talking flat out Mandarin with the locals was so EPICLY COOL. LOLOL. He had to do politiciany things earlier on, but instead of going high profile he went on the streets and spoke to the locals in Mandarin. AH. Go Kevin you awesome thing you :D

I'm conflicted re: George W. Bush's statements btw. I think that if you're going to be all proclaimy (and actually DO NOTHING) specifically because the spotlight is on China for something completely different, you probably shouldn't go and then use their hospitality and be all, "OH HAI. I KINDA HATE YOU BUT YAY FREE OLYMPICS". If you're gonna try and make a stance against human rights violations in China via the Olympics... DON'T GO TO THE OLYMPICS. LOLOL.

BRB. Gotta see other nation's fashions :D ALSO. I think I'm going to enter the fan art contest at H_E if I can find a scanner that works. I have an AWESOME idea :D

EDIT: KEVIN WORE HIS YELLOW HUFFLEPUFF TIE S:DFKJS:DLF:SLKFJ:LSKJFLS :D XDDDD /lameness

Peace,
Rotae

Friday: drove (I just wrote Draco two times instead of drove, lol *headdesks*) for 2 hours with Josh to pick up my BFF Mel. Drove (I DID IT AGAIN, DAMNIT, DROVE, DROVE, DROVE NOT DRACO XD) back, and then went off to play Put Put Adventure Golf. About 2/3 of the way through the game, I got a phone call from the people who had taken my interview for the Graphic Design job. They said they'd been having a rethink, and here's me thinking, "Oh great, they don't want me for the editor's assistant they offered me", but instead they said,

"Do you want a full-time job?"

0.o BZUH?! LOL. So yeah, I set up an interview with them for Monday morning. Had dinner, went around to Kristen and David's place, came home bed, blah :D

Saturday: AUSTRALIA DAY!!! WOOOOO!!! Mel, Josh and I went to the Soundscape Festival which featured, amongst others, THE LIVING END. MY FAVOURITE AUSTRALIAN BAND WOOO!!! Twas a good day, and we all managed NOT to get sunburnt, LOL, which is EVEN BETTER. They had people going around from the Cancer Council with huge pump packs of sunscreen which we all took advantage of :D We all went mad with the Australian flag temporary tattoos (Josh ended up with about six, I think, haha - and he's not even Australian!! LMAO XD)

Me and Mel :D

(Just incidentally, there's this guy who's calling for PM Kevin07 to ban the burning of the Australian flag because some Tasmanian Aborigines burnt one on Australia Day as a protest against the day itself. In case you don't know, Australia Day commemorates the day Captain Phillip claimed Australia for the Queen - basically the day they came and took over the country from the Aborigines.

And these guys were calling it "Invasion Day" when they burnt the flag... and you know what? I'm totally with them. They SHOULD have the right to burn a flag that acknowledges the Queen and not the Aboriginal people who lived here THOUSANDS of years before white man came along and took over.

I am totally happy for Aboriginal people to protest Australia Day in this way - because it's not against their COUNTRY... it's against the celebration of the invasion... which is kinna wrong. LOL. When we become a republic, we should do it on January 26th and just commemorate our independence from the UK. *nods* ANYWAY... back to it... lol.)

We met up with three of his friends, who were very nice... and we listened to music, drew, Mel drank beer, lol... HAD LAMB! YOU MUST HAVE LAMB ON AUSTRALIA DAY. SAM KEKOVICH COMMANDS IT. :| LOL. So yes, had a lamb wrap... then we moved down the other end of the stadium and watched Grinspoon and then finally...


THE LIVING END OMG. They played some of their new stuff too... *drools* No one else had heard it before. Twas AWESOMESAUCE. And the lead singer/guitarist said, "The new album's going to have balls. If nothing else, it's going to have BIG HAIRY BALLS." LMAO XD He also donned a sequinned white coybow hat and played some country twang at the end, which I think was for Heath Ledger.

It was about then that Mel and I both got sexually molested by a half naked, drunk man. I elbowed him hard in the chest when he persisted in his... ewww... pressing against me... EUGH... and one of Josh's friends (who was approximately nine foot eleven) pulled him off us when he saw what was happening, LOL.

Crashed. LOL.

Sunday: Spent half an hour trying to remove my Australian flag tattoos from my cheeks, which resulted in me looking very flushed for half the freaking day... LOL. Went around and had a BBQ at Kristen and David's, which was very good. I dropped Mel off at her cousin's for a few hours, then Josh brought a game called Cranium around to my place, and he, Haylee, Kristen, David, Mel, Tamara and I played until about 1am, haha.

Monday: Dropped Mel off at Kristen and David's place so she could go home and drove out to my interview. Basically, I think I already had the job, it was just a case of them telling me exactly what is involved and stuff. It turns out to be 80% data collection of American photographers (427, you reading this? LOL), 20% graphics and editing help stuff. Anyway, I'll give it a go and see how it pans out. I think I'm actually really going to like it! :D

So yes. That was my long weekend. How was yours? XD

Hmm. So I'm going to be working 9-5 five days a week 0.o Wow. I suppose this means that I mightn't be around as much as I normally am :(

Today Tonight just did a "report" on Generation Y (14-32 year olds I think), and what bad employees they are. Because we're "spoilt", basically. And they gave some "advice" not to employ the "really spoilt" ones. 0.o Okay, just... about to state the obvious here... WHAT MAKES THESE PEOPLE THINK THAT THE REALLY SPOILT ONES ARE EVEN LOOKING FOR WORK?!!?! THEY DON'T NEED TO WORK YOU IDIOTS!! THEY'RE "REALLY SPOILT"!!! GAH.

I HATE YOU TODAY TONIGHT. YOU SUCK. AND EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU SUCKS. AND MY DAD THINKS YOU SUCK MORE. :| XD LOL.

HOUSE SOON YOU GUYS OMG OMG OMG!!! *dies* :D

ZOMG HOW CUTE IS THIS:

I SEEM TO BE STUCK IN GRYFFINDOR!CAPS D: *LOOKS AT CEDRIC POSTER* Phew... all better now :D

Look at the pretty icon I made for my Quidditch this term!! YAY!! H_E is back open for applications!! 6kittykat6, you so need to apply :D

Oh, and I changed the Tom Felton YouTube clip to MP4 format if you want to download it from my private host :D Here's the link. Please leave a comment if you download - I think you right click and Save Target As or something like that, lol :D For your viewing pleashah :D When I showed it to Josh in the Apple Store, he turned to me about half way through and said, "This is like porn for you, isn't it?" to which I had to agree XD. Coz, you know... it is :D

Cha. I think that is all. Art to come sometime soon *tackles* XDD

Peace,
Rotae

Y HALO THAR!! :D So, there was a friending meme over at hogwarts_elite so hello to all my new friends!! W00t!! :D I guess you're all wondering, "WHO IS THIS MADMAN I SEE BEFORE ME?!" Well, I suppose I should introduce myself a little for all you scared little Padawans in the hierarchy of my journal :D

My name, as you might have cunningly noticed, is Rotae! I am 20, and I'll be 21 on the same day this year that Draco turns 28 (5th June)!! Not that I EVER promote that Draco and I have the same birthday. >.> Ever. >.> LMAO XDDDDD I am Australian, and live in Tasmania; the heart shaped island state off Australia's South-East (the one that gets left off maps in movies).

I look a little something like this:

( CLICK IF YOU DARRRRRRRRRRRE )

I smell a little something like this:

( LOL. It's only perfume, dun worry XD )

And I draw a little something like this:



Don't you like how I just segued into NEW ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT?! :D LOL.

Since you lovely Claws won the House Cup over at hogwarts_elite this term, I thought I'd draw my favourite Ravenclaw couple; Scorpius and Rose. LOL.

Soooooo... yeah. Just a really quick piece this one. Playing around with stuff :D

Kissing is so hard to draw omg, LOL.

And I totally forgot to post this on my LJ after talking about it being a thing I was doing for Christmas, LOL. *HEADDESKS*


The BBC screened a Christmas special of Doctor Who and I thought I'd get this done for then.

Basically, I'd LOVE for Ritchie Neville to be the next Doctor in Doctor Who. :D He'd be BRILLIANT at it. And Catherine Tate said that this next season was likely to be David Tennant's last. So I thought I'd draw the eleventh Doctor; Ritchie Neville :D

So here's the Doctor, with Martha (my favourite companion, as played by Freema Agyeman). HEE. I bought the complete Dr Who Series 3 the other day. IT WAS $100!!! But so worth it. It's got over 1000 minutes of footage, lol. Plus, like, you know... it's Doctor Who... >.> WITHOUT BILLIE PIPER'S CHARACTER!! YAYYYYYYY!!! LOL.

Uhm... what else... as you can see from my title, I like learning new words. My favourite words are; Crockery, Podge and Plop :D

I am a proud member of the following groups on Facebook:

I bet i can find 1 million people who dont want smoking back in pubs ▪ I am very excited about the number of women ministers/parliamentary secs. ▪ Hellyer College ▪ When I Say I'll Be There In 5 Minutes, I Actually Mean An Hour ▪ Sydney Swans ▪ Apple Students ▪ House for President ▪ Hufflepuff ▪ For all those against the proposed Bell Bay Pulp Mill ▪ If You Can't Differentiate Between "Your" and "You're" You Deserve To Die ▪ I grew up in Australia in the 90s ▪ Black Books Appreciation ▪ The Chaser APEC Gatecrashing Appreciation Society ▪ It's a small world when you're talking about Tasmania ▪ Six Degrees Of Separation - The Experiment ▪ When I was your age, Pluto was a planet. ▪ People Who Always Have To Spell Their Names For Other People ▪ FUCK OFF JAPAN... LEAVE OUR WHALES ALONE!!!! ▪ Hogwarts Elite ▪ Equal rights for gays ▪ The Chaser's War on Everything Appreciation Society ▪ I went to a public school, and I still did better than the private schools.

AND. I think that's about it for now, LOL. I'm gonna go off to bed now and sleep. Tomorrow I have a 3 1/2 hour drive ahead of me *groans*

BUT. STAND BY FOR VERY EXCITING NEWS RE: PORTUS AND AMERICA THIS YEAR!!! OMG!!!

Hope you guys are well!! :D *tackles*

Peace,
Rotae

Okay, so first of all, I'm going to keep track of all of the movies I've seen this year. It's gonna be hella huge this list, zomg, lol. It's, what... the 3rd? And I've already seen two movies at the cinema and watched one on DVD :| SRSLY. ANYWAY, I shall be setting that up some time soon... w00t! :D

AND. OMG. I saw Aliens vs. Predator 2: Requiem last night and ACTUALLY LOVED IT :O I NO, RITE?! WTF?! IT. WAS. ACTUALLY. BRILLIANT. I would see this movie again in the cinema and probably buy it on DVD as well. :|||||||| I can't get over how it was actually good. LOL. Apart from the fact that it's kinda thrown the Alien movies out of the water in terms of we've now see Alien in THIS time... >.> LOL.

I'm so on Team Predator. I'm thinking of making a signature tag for it, haha. Because let's face it... Predator is just a badarse cleaner. Srsly. I can just imagine cleaners pretending to be him and getting caught by their bosses in fishnets and dreadlocks. XDDDDDDDDDDD I just love that basically, Predator is like, "OMGWTF... I HAVE TO CLEAN UP AFTER YOU GUYS EVERYWHERE... and for that... I KILL YOU!!" XDDDDDDDDDD

And now for something completely different... a man, with a stoat through his head. >.> OR... this: ZOMG HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT THE PRECIOUS :3


*DROOL* *DROOL* *DROOL* *collapses from dehydration* MACINTOSH. DRAWING TABLET. COMPUTER. ALL IN ONE. *dies*

So, yes. You know that meme that was going around with "How Privileged Are You?" thing? Yeah, I didn't do that because I already know I am. Because... I went to school and live in a democratic society that treats me as an equal. I think that compared to some of the places in the world, that's pretty fucking privileged, LOL.

Uhm... so... Christmas was good, I didn't get a lot of stuff, but seeing all the family is always more than worth it :D BUT. My parents did give me an OSKAR 400 Continuous Flow Food Processor ZOMG. FEEL THE AWESOME!!! :D I CAN MAKE PESTO!!! *shrieks* :D YAYYYYYYY!!!

We went down to Strahan on the West Coast and went on a boat cruise up the river and out through Hell's Gates. Which looked a little something like this:


DON'T YOU WANT TO LIVE HERE ALREADY?!?!! XDDDDDDDD LOL.

New Years was excellent! I caught up with three of my bffs, hailz, psycoticaxemurd and 6kittykat6, and we went and saw The Golden Compass (IZ VERY NIZE :D) before heading down to "A Night on the Terrace" for the fireworks, which for the last 20 seconds went a little something like this:

So we had fireworks at 10pm for the kids, 12am for the adults and then again on the 1st at 10pm for the carnival. And they went for at least 10 minutes each. In my LITTLE town, LOL. Australia pwns fireworks, srsly. :D

I've been watching Australia vs. India in the cricket, and it's been very enjoyable. An actual good contest, which is nice (unlike when we play England *cough cough* LOL). It gives me no end of amusement to pronounce Kumble (supposed to be pronounced Coom-blay), Come-bool, hehehehehe :D Ahhhh... I'm so easily amused... speaking of which, I've been playing more World of Warcraft! I'm now level 32!! W00t!! :D Oh, and Kevin07 and HUGH JACKMAN were at the cricket together the other day *dies of awesome* :D XDDDD

And yes. I'm getting my car serviced and detailed next Monday/Tuesday and then I'll head back to my apartment. My poor plants they're probably all dead, LOL.

But I'll be here for my parents 35th Wedding Anniversary, so it's all good :D

Hope you guys are going good! *huggles*

Peace,
Rotae

AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE. SPICE GIRLS. WHO HAS PUT THEIR NAME DOWN?! Gosh, I'm so scared that I'm not going to get a ticket, OMG, and I want one SOOOO freaking bad. Would anyone be interested in making a pact where if I get tickets and you don't, I buy one for you, and if you get tickets and I don't, you buy me one and we pay each other? I don't care where I sit, I don't care when it is, or how much it costs (well, if it's over $200 I'm not THAT keen, but yeah, lol). LEMME KNOW.

BUT. OMG. BIG NEWS THIS WEEK FROM ME IS: Ritchie (from Five, and the guy in my default avatar *points up*) is gonna be on a show in the UK called Cirque de Celibrite!! It's kinda like Dancing With the Stars, but it's without a partner and it's circus/gymnastic skills. OMFG. SRSLY. I AM SO INTO THIS. It's on Sky One in the UK. Is there anyone would could record this for me on VHS?! I'll pay you and everything. Srsly. LOL :D LOOK AT THE PROMOTIONAL SHOTS! He's looking all manly and totally sexy beyond all hell:


Ritchie's the guy standing up on the furthest right, looking all hot and *aguh*... *Rotae fades off into drool mode* XDDDD


Heh. Hehehehehe. *leers* XDDDDD
STFU I'M ALLOWED. I saw Superbad today. I have... THINGS on the brain >.> XDDDD
( And click for half-naked Ritchie from a little while ago... Mmmm... you know you wanna... )

How elimination will work:
6. The two celebrities with the lowest number of public votes will then face the Judging Panel. The judging panel will take a vote on which of the competitors will participate in the next show and which will be eliminated from the competiton.

This is good. I mean, even if Ritchie is one of the bottom two, he ALWAYS puts in 100%, so it's doubtful that the judges would eliminate him :D
ANYWAY. It starts at 7:30pm on Sunday 7th of October, and I am DEADLY SERIOUS about paying someone to tape it for me. Really. I would be in your debt for AGES. Ritchie doing acrobatic things wearing THAT?! OH FUCKING HELL YEAH.

So! Today was AWESOME. I met 6kittykat6 in town and we went to Ellison Hawker and Area 52 (geek shop), and I bought the next Dalziel and Pascoe book. We wandered around the mall, looking at CDs and such before getting something to drink and heading to the cinema to see (as I previously mentioned) Superbad. Twas AWESOME. I was laughing hysterically and trying to hide under the chair with embarrassment ALL AT THE SAME TIME. XDDD Then we got some dinner and I dropped her back home. FUN WAS HAD BY ALL BOTH. XDDD

My house inspection yesterday went very well, and the guy said that there's no problem on extending my lease by 6 months, so that's AWESOME. :D I have somewhere to live!!

Btw, since my apartment is SUPER CLEAN atm, anyone have any photo requests? Wanna see my DVD collection? My HUGE posters? My fridge? View? Assorted beauty products? LMAO XDDD Request a photo and I'll post it :D

Thank you to all those who commented in my last post btw. I don't think I'll accept his offer, but I'll tell him that when he has the idea more developed and in place then get back to me, and I'll consider it.

Okay, so this guy from an Australian Football Club (West Coast Eagles) died recently, and his last name is Mainwaring, and apparently he pronounced his name the way it's spelt: main-WEAR-ing, but see, I would pronounce this name the way they do on Dad's Army for Captain Mainwaring: MAN-er-ing. It's so freaking and strange hearing it the other way.

This week is my week to try and get back into lumos_lims, but the prompt is the American HP covers 0.o DAMNIT. I KNEW I should have been American... LOL. Maybe then I'd have an idea of what the hell to do with it, having seen them so much. GAH. CHALLENGING.

Also, apparently I'm tied for first place in the venture_rumble contest 0.o I guess I'd better actually... you know, not do it 10 mins before it's due this final round, eh? LOL. XDDDD Although, I seem to do better when I don't put that much effort in for some reason 0.o I guess with cartoons like VB, it's comedy and not using things like levels and selective colouring that matter. I can be funny. Talent... that's harder. LMAO XDDD

Aaaand... I think that's it! :D Oh, except to say that inell has claimed another Teddy/Hermione victim: crazy_megan. I TOLD YOU. IT'S GOOD. DON'T JUDGE THE SHIP TILL YOU READ IT. *insert srs face here* LOL XDD

BTW. MEGAN. I GOT YOUR POSTCARD. OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH *TACKLES*

I'm currently working on the fan art contest at H_E. Oh yes. I am LOVING THIS PROMPT SO HARD. SRS.

Phew. If you read all that... you get Hufflecake :D

Peace,
Rotae

So. It's exactly one month until my 20th birthday *cough* same as Draco's *cough* LOL. Wow. It just seems like yesterday I was turning 15 and saying to my Dad about how "it'll only be 3 years until I can vote!" LOL. And this year I'll be finishing University. Time sure does fly. Where the hell did April go, btw? If anyone finds it, please return it to 2007. Kkthnxbye. I got an early birthday present from a Judge in the USA. Paris Hilton Get 45 Days in Gaol starting on my birthday!! XDDD HAHA.

I GOT MY HUFFLEPUFF SCARF AND TIE!! WOOOOO!!! Heh. They're so effing cool. Cept, random people keep asking me if I go for RICHMOND!!! WTF!! Maybe I shouldn't wear it if people think I support RICHMOND... >.> LOL. Nah, it's totally worth it. This old guy looked at me and went "CAAAARN TIGERS". I said, "Nah, it's actually Hufflepuff" and showed him the logo on it, and he said "Oh! I don't know them!" LIKE THEY WERE A FOOTBALL TEAM. LMFAO XDDDDD AWESOME. Richmond's theme song is quite cool though. There's this part where everyone just yells "YELLOW AND BLACK!!" :D

Btw, even though I don't go for Melbourne, my favourite player in the AFL is Aaron Davey. Mmmmm... Aaron Davey... *drools* I love AFL. This is a sport that makes you look GOOD. LOL.


I got Christina tickets!! Woo!! Cept I'm kinda shitty about it. I couldn't order them at 9am coz I had a meeting w/ my lecturer (which went very well), so I got really crappy seats, and then after being told they're non refunable/transferable, I see that THEY'VE ADDED ANOTHER SHOW THE NIGHT AFTER. NOT. HAPPY. JAN. >:(((( ANYWAY. This means that I WILL be in Sydney for the HPDH release!! WOO!!

H_E friends: Did I miss voting for the h_e wide Superlatives? Or did we decide not to do that?

RL friends: When the hell is Rugby? Did I miss it already? LMFAO. As you can tell, I am so up to date w/ things that go on around me.

Yesterday was International Star Wars Day. WOO!! I got my lightsaber out and had a bit of a twirl. LOL. Also read some Star Wars (Jedi Apprentice to be specific) fan fiction. I seriously love Obi-Wan. Remus is the Obi-Wan of Harry Potter. WITHOUT THE DYING. LOL. Or the no love interest. >.> Alright, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, the roads, a fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? LOL. Sorry. Yeah. I got Qui-Gon in that "Ultimate Star Wars Peronsality Test" but I REFUSE to promote it becuase it ISN'T. For the simple reason that the blade of Obi-Wan's lightsaber (which they use for loading) is COMING OUT THE WRONG END OF THE HANDLE. SRSLY. WHAT SELF RESPECTING STAR WARS FAN GETS THAT WRONG?!

I saw Spiderman 3 and LOVED IT TO FREAKING BITS. Harry is my absolute favourite character. And OMG, when did Spiderman get so freaking HILLARIOUS?! AWESOME. :D But re: gliding, have you met my little friend called DEPTH PERCEPTION?! LMFAO.

Oh, and few people apparently thought that my last artwork was just a picture... LOL. I actually DREW it. ;) :D On that note, I'll be uploading a Remus/Tonks picture sometime very soon :D

( Cut For Memes )

And I shall be SKYPING the airwaves tomorrow from 1pm my time (+9 GMT). Wanna chat? (samuti, I couldn't find you on the search!! D:)

Peace,
Rotae

1. First up is my Christmas art. :D We had a GORGEOUS sunny day and OMG so much food *is stuffed*. So! Since we had Christmas today, I thought I'd post my Christmas picture today, instead of on the 25th (not like it was finished then. LOL).

So! Happy Holidays from fandom's favourite couple (LMFGDAO. XDDDDD), Remus and Tonks :D

Quite happeh with this. YAY for Hufflepuff!Tonks :D XDDDD

I have SO MUCH art to do atm... it's quite daunting. LOL


2. I also became obsessed with the latest series of The Apprentice... LOL. And I am SO GLAD that SEAN WON. Because OMG. Lee was SO shocking... LOL. Plus, Sean dressed like I see Remus dressing... HEE HEE. :D


3. I am currently watching Power Rangers Time Force. When did PR begin to suck so badly? Because the original one was OMG SO AWESOME. I was SO Trini. She totally pwned. And now the yellow ranger is all emo and melodramatic and shit... *hates*


btw...


Dear England,

We are in your sports, pwning your arse.

Sincerly,
Australia.

P.S. Your Rugby Cup is next.

That is all.


Hee hee!!

Peace,
Rotae